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A rim, also called a hoop, is a piece of basketball equipment in the form of a circular metal ring that supports the net. It hangs from the backboard. A professional rim has a diameter of 18 inches. [1] A slam dunk requires one to jump high enough to get his hand above or over the rim. [2] Today there are breakaway rims.
It is usually rectangular as used in NBA, NCAA and international basketball. In recreational environments, a backboard may be oval or a fan-shape, particularly in non-professional games. The top of the hoop is 10 feet (3.05 m) above the ground. Regulation backboards are 6 feet (1.83 m) wide by 3.5 feet (1.07 m) tall.
Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers is a chain of franchise and company-owned automotive service centers headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. As of March 2018 there were 175 locations in 20 states in the eastern United States.The company is owned by the Tuffy Associates Corporation until 2021 when Mavis Tire, Inc. purchased the franchise. [ 1 ]
Dwight Howard bends down the rim as he dunks the ball.. A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it.
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood , usually maple , with 10 feet (3.048 m)-high rims on each basket.
In 2007–08, Brooks' junior year, he played in 31 games and averaged 9.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. On March 8, 2008, in a game against Jackson State , he recorded a school record 20 assists.
Stats at Basketball Reference Keion Lee Brooks Jr. (born August 7, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League .
Brooks is married to an Italian woman and they have a son. [15] On September 6, 2018, Brooks became officially Italian. He got the Italian passport and he was registered to FIBA for the upcoming 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification against Poland and Hungary. [16] On June 29, 2024, he signed with Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie ...